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Paramount is apparently trying to suppress copies of "Only in Monroe" from appearing on other social platforms by filing frivolous copyright notices, even though the show was produced by a public access TV channel and doesn't use their intellectual property...

😂 Xi Jinping played a fragment from “Swan Lake” for Putin — the famous “Dance of the Little Swans,” the unofficial soundtrack of political collapse in Soviet history The piece was part of the musical program during the official reception for the Russian delegation in China. Which would be perfectly normal… if “Swan Lake” hadn’t become a legendary symbol of political chaos across the post-Soviet world. The association became especially iconic during the 1991 coup attempt, when Soviet TV kept broadcasting the ballet while the USSR was falling apart. Coincidence? Maybe. But it really feels like Xi is sending Putin some very mixed signals. First — a giant “bro portrait” and a grand welcome ceremony. Then — “Dance of the Little Swans”...